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Sabine Vollstedt1, Susi Arnold, Cornelia Schwerdel, Marco Franchini, Gottfried Alber, James P Di Santo, Mathias Ackermann, Mark Suter.
Abstract
The essential components of the immune system that control primary and chronic infection with herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) in mice were investigated. Infection within the first few days can be controlled by alpha/beta interferon (IFN-alpha/beta) alone without significant contribution of B, T, or NK cells. IFN-alpha/beta and IFN-gamma cooperate in the elimination of virus in the absence of these lymphocytes. In contrast, B, T, or NK cells appear to be required to control persistent infection with HSV-1. These results suggest that distinct and essential immune elements are recruited in a time-dependent fashion to control acute and persistent HSV-1 infection.Entities:
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Year: 2004 PMID: 15047800 PMCID: PMC374284 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.78.8.3846-3850.2004
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Virol ISSN: 0022-538X Impact factor: 5.103